Whip-holder.



H. G. WEATHERILL.

WHIP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1908.

909,71 8 Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

w awuantoi HENRY G. WEATHERILL, OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS.

WHIP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed. August 6, 1908. Serial No. $427,331.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. WEATH- nniLL, citizen of the United States, residing at Elgin, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVhip-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to whip-holders or hangers especially designed to be secured to vehicle tops and adapted to support a whip in convenient position.

It has for its object to provide a simple device of this nature which being held in position by frictional contact may be quickly and readily adjusted and removed from its position on the vehicle top.

A further object is to provide for holding the whip more securely when engaged with the holder so that there is less danger of said whip becoming disengaged and falling out of the vehicle than there is when similar devices heretofore patented or used are employed.

The invention consists of a resilient clip, preferably made of bent wire and adapted to be frictionally engaged with one of the locking levers of a buggy top or any suitably arranged rod or bar in any other vehicle top, said clip having an upwardly inclined extension at one side which is formed into two resilient arms, leaving a -J-shaped slot between them into which the lash end of a whip may be introduced and drawn downwardly until it is firmly clamped between said arms below the knot of said lash.

The invention further consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention: Figure 1 is a broken view of a portion of a buggy top showing my holder applied thereto and a whip supported by said holder. Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged front and edge views respectively of the holder alone, and Figs. 4 and 5 are similar views of a modified construction of holder which is made of sheet metal instead of wire.

Referring first to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, of the drawing, my holder, as therein illustrated,

is made of a piece of resilient wire which is first bent upon itself at the middle and then bent into shape as will be now explained.

The two strands of wire are bent at the same time to form a clip 1 having a re- 3 stricted opening 2 through which the sup porting rod 3 of the buggy top is forced when the holder is put in place. At one side of said opening the middle bent portion or loop of the wire is turned outwardly as at 4: to guide the rod 3 through the opening 2 when the holder is pressed upon the upper edge of said rod. At the other side of the opening the strands of wire are also bent outwardly for the same purpose and in addition are bent upwardly and inclined outwardly to form the resilient clamping arms 5. Said arms are fashioned by bending each of the two strands of wire upon itself and toward one another, leaving a V-shaped slot 6 between them. The extremities of the wire are interlocked in some suitable manner such as by being looped through one an-,

other as illustrated at 7.

teferring to Figs. i and 5, the holder is there shown made of a single piece of resilient sheet metal which is bent to form the clip 1' having the restricted opening 2 and otherwise fashioned to correspond to the shape of the wire holder shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The end of the metal at one side of the clip is bent outwardly as at 3 to form a guide while at the other side of said opening the metal is bent upwardly and outwardly as at 4?. In the latter portion a V- shaped slot 5' is out leaving two arms 6' between which the whip may be inserted and held as previously explained. It will be noted that the part- 4? is spaced away from the adjacent side of the clip leaving plenty of room in which the knot of the lash of the whip may rest when said whip is hung upon the holder so that there is no danger of the whip working loose and falling out.

It will be observed that because of the shape of the clip, my holder may be quickly and firmly secured by simply forcing it on a supporting rod. While I have only illustrated the holder as applied to a vehicle top, it is evident that it may also be used in a stable or store for supportin whips when not in use or when on exhi ition. I am aware that changes may be made in the details of construction of my device without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of invention. I therefore reserve the right to make such alterations as faiIrly fall within the scope of my invention.

claim:

1. A whip-holder made of resilient wire bent at the middle upon itself formin two side by side strands, said doubled wire ing bent to form a clip having a restricted opening and converging sides whereby it may be forced upon a supporting rod and retained thereon by frictional contact, thence bent upwardly and outwardly at one side of said opening, the two strands being then bent downward upon themselves andtowards one another with their extremities overlapped, all for the purposes specified.

'2. A whip-holder made of resilient wire 7 bent at the middle upon itself forming two side by side strands, said doubled wire'being bent to form a clip having a restricted opening and converging sides whereby it may be forced upon a supporting rod and retained thereon by frictional contact, thence bent upwardly and outwardly at one side of said opening, the two strands being then bent downward upon themselves and towards one another, with their extremities interlocked 7 all for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signa ture, in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY G. VVEATHERILL. \Vitnesses:

Enw. B. HAMILTON, Gno. DEMLOW. 

